Entry
  1. Noun

    stream (in a Japanese garden); narrow stream flowing through a traditional garden (esp. in a Heian-period villa)

    see 寝殿造り

  2. watering (potted plants, bonsai, etc.)

Also written 遣水【やりみず】やり水【やりみず】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake

Kun
つか.う-つか.い-づか.いつか.わすや.る
On
ケン
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
664 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 37

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
3-3-10SKIP code
2q10.2The Kanji Dictionary
3530.7Four corner code
1677deroo
9063Unicode hex code
1-24-15JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4732Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6100New Nelson (John Haig)
3152New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3908Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2015Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2717Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1773Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1910Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1180A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
895Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
39052PMorohashi
1220A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1173Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1231Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1816Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1677Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1214Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
715Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1789Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qian3Pinyin reading
gyeonKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
37WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

water

Kun
みずみず-
On
スイ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
223 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

うずずみみさみつみなみん

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-1-3, 4-4-3SKIP code
3a0.1The Kanji Dictionary
1223.0Four corner code
1142deroo
6c34Unicode hex code
1-31-69JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2482Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3030New Nelson (John Haig)
10New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
10Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
130Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
137Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
144A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
54Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
16Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17083Morohashi
40A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
21Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
21Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
14sakade
68Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
16henshall3
31Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
166crowley
19Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1.Abusy_people
1151Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
132Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shui3Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level